Burnet R. Maybank Democratic Burnet R. Maybank Democratic The 1948 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1948 to select the U.S.

Incumbent Senator Burnet R. Maybank won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican challenger J. Bates Gerald in the general election to win another six-year term.

Senator Maybank narrowly achieved a majority of the primary vote, avoiding a potential run-off election against Dorn.

Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its statewide candidates were never seriously challenged.

Maybank did not campaign for the general election as there was no chance of defeat.